The Secret Writing According to John (Apocryphon of John), Codex II, 1 · 14 of 24 · tr. Samuel Zinner
The Authorities Create Adam-b
Ararim, the left shoulder joint;
Areche, the belly;
Phthave, the navel;
Senaphim, the abdomen;
Arachethopi, the right ribs;
Zabedo, the left ribs;
Barias, the *right hip;*
*Phnouth, the* left hip;
Abenlenarchei, the marrow;
Chnoumeninorin, the bones;
Gesole, the stomach;
Agromauma, the heart;
Bano, the lungs;
Sostrapal, the liver;
Anesimalar, the spleen;
Thopithro, the intestines;
Biblo, the kidneys;
Roeror, the sinews;
Taphreo, the bodily spine;
Ipouspoboba, the veins;
Bineborin, the arteries;
[IV, 26] Aatoimenpsephei, to them belong the breath in every limb;
Entholleia, all of the flesh;
Bedouk, the right bottom;
Arabeei, the left penis;
Eilo, the testicles (var. *twin*);
Sorma, the genitals;
Gorma-Kaiochlabar, the right thigh;
Nebrith, the left thigh;
Pserem, the right leg kidneys;
Asaklas, the left kidney;
Ormaoth, the right leg;
Emenun, the left leg;
Knyx, the [II, 17] right shin-bone;
Tupelon, the left shin-bone;
Achiel, the right knee;
Phneme, the left knee;
Phiouthrom, the right foot;
Boabel, its toes;
Trachoun, the left foot;
Phikna, its toes;
Miamai, the feet nails;
Labernioum, [. . .].
However, those set over all these are seven:
Athoth, Armas, Kalila, Jabel,
*Sabaoth, Cain, Abel*.
However, especially at work in the limbs are these:
The head, Diolimodraza;
the neck, Yammeax;
the right shoulder, Yakoubib;
the left shoulder, Yerton;
the right hand, Oudidi;
the left (hand), Arbao;
the right-hand fingers, Lampno;
the left-hand fingers, Leekaphar;
the right breast, Barbar;
the left breast, Imae;
the chest, Pisandraptes;
the right shoulder joint, Koade;
the left shoulder joint, Odeor;
the [IV, 27] right ribs, Asphixix;
the left ribs, Synogchouta;
the belly, Arouph;
the womb, Sabalo;
the right thigh, Charcharb;
the left thigh, Chthaon;
all the genitals, Bathinoth;
the right leg, Choux;
the left leg, Charcha;
the right shin-bone, Aroer;
the left shin-bone, Toechtha;
the right knee, Aol;
the left knee, Charaner;
the right foot, Bastan;
its toes, Archentechtha;
the left foot, Marephnounth;
its toes, Abrana.
Those who wield power over all these are seven, 7:
Michael,
Ouriel,
Asmenedas,
Saphasatoel,
Aarmouriam,
Richram,
Amiorps.
Further, those who control the senses,
Archendekta; and he who controls perception,
Deitharbathas; and he who controls imagination,
Oummaa; and he who controls proportioning, [II, 18] Aachiaram; and he who controls all impulses,
Riaramnacho.
However, the origin of the demons that dwell in all the body is set at four:
Malevolent planetary rulers or demiurgic powers that govern the material world and obstruct the soul's ascent.
The passage is a detailed catalog of the specific archontic powers (Ararim, Areche, etc.) assigned to govern every part of the human body and the seven rulers who wield power over them.
The human being as a small-scale image of the entire cosmos; the body, soul, and intellect mirroring the structure of the heavens and the divine — distinct from correspondence in that it makes the human the privileged mirror.
The exhaustive mapping of cosmic or divine authorities onto the human body reflects the Gnostic view that the human form is a microcosmic reflection of the archontic cosmos.
Numbers, proportions, and mathematical relationships as the underlying structure of divine reality.
The text explicitly emphasizes the number seven as a structural principle for the authorities ('those set over all these are seven') and the number four for the origin of demons.